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SLQ POETRY & SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS,

MARCH 2013 RESULTS

Results of the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry & Short Story Competitions (March 2013)

ere !oth sche"ule" for announcement to"ay# $pril 30th# hoe%er the short story results arenot yet in 'he u"e# *ate +orsley# nee"s a further ee, to complete the a"u"ication

process 'herefore the short story results ill !e announce" on 'hurs"ay# -th May .in"

!elo the results of the Poetry Competition u"e" !y / +ar"ic,

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION (MARCH 2013)

RESULTS

COMMENDED POEMS

Re!ecca il,au $ lue ancer Spea,s

4ic, Pem!erton Cae 5restlin for ummiesRoer 6l,in 6lemental

$n"y .athrop +are

6ileen Carney +ulme 7mpossi!le 4o

8ill Mc6%oy 9Re%i%al Meetin# 4orth Carolina

Mar, 'otter"ell Si"ell Street

a%i" 5illiam Clemson 9'heorists in Conte:t

Simon ;ac,son

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pae ithout the use of comma# full stop or safety net# so many entries seeme" to !e the

pro"uct of either not un"erstan"in hat punctuation "oes or simply not !otherin 7f or"s

are the scaffol"in upon hich e support meanin# punctuation is the nuts an" !olts# an" it

ta,es a %ery "eft enineer to ,eep the scaffol"in aloft ithout them 'oo many of the entries

collapse" into heaps of or"s an" imaes# their relationships to each other poorly "elineate"

Rhymin %erse is apparently still out of fa%our# an" fe of the rhyme" entries ere

confi"ent or a"%enturous 'his sai"# the su!tle rhythms of free %erse as often a oy to

e:perience

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poem to loo, for clues# an" to s,etch in our on "etails 7t as# 7 a"mit# a close call# !ut this

is the poem that has haunte" me hen 7@%e turne" my min" to other thins# an" for that

reason it ets the first prie

9 / +ar"ic,

Congratulations to the winners and commended poets. We shall be contacting all winners

within 7 business days with their notifications of achievement and for publication

permissions. If you are a winner or commended author in this competition and for any

reason you have not received mail from us within 7 business days of this announcement

kindly get in touch by writing to competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk

mailto:competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.ukmailto:competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk